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SARS genome maps seen aiding tests, treatments
Washington Times ^ | Friday, May 2, 2003 | By Amy Fagan

Posted on 05/01/2003 10:44:14 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:02:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Two sequences of the SARS virus's genetic structure have been reviewed by experts and published in the journal Science, providing key assistance to researchers as they try to develop vaccines, treatments and tests for the respiratory illness that has spread worldwide.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sars
Friday, May 2, 2003

Quote of the Day by Liz

1 posted on 05/01/2003 10:44:14 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
There are too many huge unknowns with this virus, too many variables; I sincerely doubt that there will be a vaccine that will be effective.

2 posted on 05/02/2003 12:15:16 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: JohnHuang2
SARS Mortality Rates
Based on World Health Organization daily tables                 (Revised: 5/02am)
Area Recoveries to date Deaths to date Recent** Death Rate Active Cases still in Danger Projected Future Deaths Projected Cumulative Mortality
Hong Kong 832 162 17.6% 604 100 16.4%
Singapore 143 25 19.4% 33 6 15.6%
China 1351 170 38.2% 2117 809 26.9%
Canada 87 20 20.0% 40 8 19.0%
elsewhere
[26 countries]
148 14 9.8% 117 11 9.1%
World-wide
[all 30 countries]
2563 391   2911 934 22.6%
**  ( Deaths in the last 7 days) / ( Deaths + Recoveries in the last 7 days)
Trend - Active Cases Still in Danger
Date Hong Kong Singapore China Canada elsewhere
26 countries
World-wide
all 30 countries
Apr 19 914 61 307 62   1616
Apr 20 893 64 497 65   1694
Apr 21 (est.) 872 66 686 66   1771
Apr 22 874 60 708 61 80 1783
Apr 23 831 58 968 62 86 2005
Apr 24 812 55 1058 58 76 2059
Apr 25 781 50 1209 51 78 2169
Apr 26 774 51 1346 47 86 2304
Apr 27 (est.) 738 45 1415 47 98 2336
Apr 28 709 39 1484 47 108 2387
Apr 29 663 38 1833 40 108 2682
Apr 30 641 38 1969 41 132 2821
May 1 604 33 2117 40 117 2911
(includes new daily cases... excludes cases resolved by death or recovery)
Here is a COOL " Interactive guide - The spread of Sars"

3 posted on 05/02/2003 1:08:37 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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To: blam; Judith Anne; jonathonandjennifer; Mr. Mulliner; Prince Charles; Dog Gone; thinktwice; ...
SARS Rate/Trend chart update ping
4 posted on 05/02/2003 1:11:20 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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To: FL_engineer
WOW! This is getting worse and worse.

I also have a feeling the numbers we get from China are not fully accurate and the mortality rate there may be even higher, than what they are admitting.

This is starting to reach the 30% mortality rate that smallpox has. Also there were those articles about relapses and that even people who were considered and non-relapsed, continued to have the virus ( it was found in their elimination products).



http://www.startribune.com/stories/1556/3859751.html

Officials worry that recovered SARS patients might spread virus
Rob Stein and DeNeen Brown, Washington Post

Published May 2, 2003 SARS02

Some SARS patients who were thought to have recovered might continue to shed the virus, raising the possibility that they may be able to spread the disease, officials said Thursday.

Researchers in Hong Kong said that they had detected evidence of the virus in some people who have not gotten sick and in some who were thought to have recovered and therefore thought no longer be infectious. In addition, officials there confirmed that 12 patients had relapsed.

"Some studies show people do continue to secrete the virus in feces and tears," said Dr. David Heymann of the World Health Organization, who was at a meeting on severe acute respiratory syndrome in Toronto. ". . . There are many more issues to be clarified."

There have been no documented chains of transmission from patients who've been discharged from hospitals.

As the SARS conference was winding down, Canadian health officials announced two new possible cases in Toronto, the first there in 11 days. The cases involved health workers in two hospitals where the disease had spread in the past.

And scientists in Taiwan reported 11 new cases and two additional deaths on Thursday. The scientists added that large numbers of people were being quarantined.

The global death toll rose to 394.

5 posted on 05/02/2003 1:17:43 AM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FL_engineer
Thank you for the amazing job that you have done to keep track of the stats. It's very useful. Thank again!
6 posted on 05/02/2003 1:28:58 AM PDT by FreepForever (China is the hub of all evil)
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To: FL_engineer; Judith Anne
I remember about 2 weeks after the outbreak in Hong Kong, microbiologist in the HK University quickly (early April) came up with a testing agent for SARS. When tested positive, the accuracy is quite high: 90%. However, when tested negative, the accuracy is only 50%.

This is a big dilemma for the doctors. Do you send the patient, which maybe innocent, into the SARS ward and eventually get him infected? Or, do you send the probably guilty patient home and risk infecting the community?

I hope the testing agent they have developed today have significantly improved.
7 posted on 05/02/2003 1:51:02 AM PDT by FreepForever (China is the hub of all evil)
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8 posted on 05/02/2003 3:33:21 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: FL_engineer
Tahnks
9 posted on 05/02/2003 8:06:05 AM PDT by Nov3
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To: FL_engineer
Thanks for the ping!
10 posted on 05/02/2003 10:56:47 PM PDT by TheLion
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